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Five COVID customs which emerged during lockdown

I have been tracking how people are expressing beliefs and values using folkloric practices today. It seems that during these dark times they are being used to visibly brighten our communities. Many of us will have perpetuated these customs simply for something to do – particularly families desperate for ideas to occupy children.

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Society
Research
Culture and media

MERI PhD students driving improvements in nuclear waste disposal

Three Sheffield Hallam University MERI PhD students, have begun working with the United States' Department of Energy on a project to help with the clean-up of a US nuclear plant undergoing decommissioning.

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Engineering
News
Research
Science
Transformational research
Engineering
Ceramics and glass
Polymers and nanocomposites

New study finds 3D body measures could pave the way to a 'new BMI'

A team of health researchers from Sheffield Hallam University has found that three-dimensional (3D) body imaging technology provides crucial information that cannot be obtained using traditional methods, such as body mass index (BMI)

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Health
Research

Sheffield Hallam researcher awarded prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship

Sheffield Hallam University researcher, Dr Alice Bullas, been awarded a £1.6m Future Leaders Fellowship from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop new body measurement methods for children living with obesity.

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Health innovation
Research
Society

White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership awarded five-year funding

The White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership has been awarded funding for a further five years to support doctoral scholarship and training in the social sciences at Sheffield Hallam University.

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Research
Social sciences

Mental wellbeing and social connections of middle-aged men improved by parkruns

Taking part in parkrun has a positive impact on the mental wellbeing of middle-aged men and helps them to form new friendships, according to new research.

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Healthy and active
Health
Research
News

Sheffield Hallam researchers install first of its kind energy harnessing playground in India

Working with local project partners, researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have designed and installed the first of its kind energy harnessing playground that stimulates crop growth as children play and learn.

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Environment
Research
Sustainability

Sheffield Hallam develops research-informed adult safeguarding education programme with the support of FIFA’s Research Scholarship

Sheffield Hallam University has developed a research-informed adult safeguarding education programme with the support of FIFA’s Research Scholarship to address maltreatment in professional and semi-professional football

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Active lifestyles
Health
Research

Heating on prescription scheme significantly improved health and wellbeing - new research

A scheme that provides heating on prescription to some vulnerable NHS patients significantly improved their health and wellbeing, according to new research by Sheffield Hallam University.

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Health
Society
Research

Hallam joins industries green recovery research hub

Sheffield Hallam has joined a consortium which will examine how the foundation industries can grow and develop whilst achieving net zero 2050 environmental targets.

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Research
Engineering
Business
Sustainability
 

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